Table 1 Experimental measurements on bovine kidney heparan sulfate.

From: Combining measurements to estimate properties and characterization extent of complex biochemical mixtures; applications to Heparan Sulfate

(a)

category

proportion

heparinase I yield

heparinase

III yield

S

0.1358

1.000

0.033

U

0.8642

0.030

1.000

(b)

heparinase I digest

heparinase III digest

fragment length

proportion

fragment length

proportion

1

0.4676

1

0.9211

2

0.0711

2

0.0545

3

0.0544

3

0.0164

4

0.0361

4

0.0058

5

0.0351

5

0.0018

6

0.0307

≥6

0.0004

7

0.0353

  

8

0.0380

  

9

0.0321

  

10

0.0302

  

≥11

0.1694

  
  1. (a) overall proportions of disaccharides categories S and U, excluding the non-reducing end and heparinase cleavage yields. (b) distributions of fragment length (number of disaccharides) after heparinase I or III digestion.
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